Autographs of Richard Todd
Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd (11 June 1919 – 3 December 2009) was an Irish actor known for his leading man roles of the 1950s. He received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, and an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance as Corporal Lachlan MacLachlan in the 1949 film The Hasty Heart. His other notable roles include Jonathan Cooper in Stage Fright (1950), Wing Commander Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters (1955), Sir Walter Raleigh in The Virgin Queen (1955), and Major John Howard in The Longest Day (1962). He was previously a Captain in the British Army during the Second World War, fighting in the D-Day landings as a member of the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion.
Richard Todd was born in Dublin. His father, Andrew William Palethorpe-Todd, was an Irish physician and an international Irish rugby player who gained three caps for his country. Richard spent a few of his childhood years in India, where his father, an officer in the British Army, served as a physician. Later his family moved to Devon, and Todd attended Shrewsbury School.
Upon leaving school, Todd trained for a potential military career at Sandhurst before beginning his acting training at the Italia Conti Academy in London. This change in career led to estrangement from his mother. When he learned at the age of 19 that she had committed suicide, he did not grieve long (or so he admitted in later life).
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Traded items with a signature of Richard Todd
The most expensive item with a signature of Richard Todd (RICHARD TODD and MICHAEL REDGRAVE THE DAM BUSTERS Signed Montage AFTAL) was sold in November 2024 for £265.00 while the cheapest item (Richard Todd Signed 8 x 10 Photo No COA New York Jets) found a new owner for £0.72 in July 2021. The month with the most items sold (22) was February 2026 with an average selling price of £12.19 for an autographed item of Richard Todd. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2020 with £60.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.50 was August 2019. In average, an autographed item from Richard Todd is worth £12.19.
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